Waterlooville has a high level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average. After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment figures as a percentage of the working population and has no further plans to do so. They do however publish the number of Universal Credit claimants in every local district council.
We have taken the LDC that includes Waterlooville and compared it to the nearest councils. Please be aware that Universal Credit is a in and out of work benefit. Therefore these figures are an indicator of BOTH unemployment and underemployment.
These figures below on the claiming of legacy benefits in Waterlooville are dated. They are the last published statistics of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. Althpugh outdated, these statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area. The respondents of the Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Waterlooville.
The percentage of residents in Waterlooville rating their health as 'very good' is less than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in Waterlooville rating their health as 'very bad' is more than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of Waterlooville is generally worse than in the average person in England.
Since Waterlooville has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population. Waterlooville has a higher rate of home ownership, either outright or via a mortgage than the national average, which suggests that Waterlooville is a relatively affluent area.
The population of Waterlooville as a whole, is older than the national average. In a Baptist chapel was built in Chapel Road hence its name. A new church was built in London Road in In Purbrook industrial school opened in Stakes Road. At it, vagrant boys learned trades such as shoemaking.
After Waterlooville was divided into 2 parts by the crossroads. The area south of it was part of the parish of Farlington while the area north of it was part of the parish of Catherington. By Waterlooville had a population of By it had risen to In one of the Hulberts had Hulbert Road made up at his own expense.
It is, of course, named after him. The other villages in the area also grew during the 19th century. By the mid 19th century houses were built north of Waterlooville on London Road.
The new hamlet first appears on maps in the s. An inn called the Spotted Cow appears on a map dated Cowplain is believed to get its name from the Spotted Cow. Locals called the stretch of land around it Cowplain. More houses were built on Cow Plain and by the late 19th century it had become a thriving little village.
A brewing industry has existed at Horndean since the s. In Horndean, Merchistoun Hall was built in the late 18th century.
It was originally called The Grove. In it was bought by Admiral Charles Napier who renamed it after his birthplace Merchiston Hall in Scotland with a change in spelling. He was an eccentric character who used to walk around the village with a pet monkey on his shoulder. In a boys school opened in Horndean. The local workhouse was also built in Horndean.
Gales Ales was founded in Horndean in The brewery burned down in but was quickly rebuilt. In All Saints Church was built. The population of Catherington parish, which included Horndean and Lovedean rose from in to 1, in Early in the 19th century, a windmill was built in Purbrook. Purbrook Park House was built in In the s the house became a grammar school and later a primary school. It had an estate around it. In the estate was sold for building and houses were built there. Waterlooville golf course began in Meanwhile, Waterlooville gained gas street lighting in In Lovedean was still a sleepy little village with a general shop and blacksmiths.
Cowplain was a hamlet with an inn and a general shop. In a Memorial Monument was erected in Horndean. From the end of the 19th century, a horse-drawn bus ran between Portsmouth and Waterlooville. In a tram called the Horndean Light Railway began running between the city and Horndean.
The trams were called green cars because they were emerald green and cream. For many Portsmouth people traveling to Horndean for a day in the summer was a big treat. The Light Railway closed in and was replaced by buses. Harold Wadham began making bicycles in In he was joined by his brother Wilfrid. They began making coaches in In they began making ambulances. Butser Turf was founded in Havant and Waterlooville Urban District Council was formed in By the s the population of Waterlooville and Stakes was about 2, Denmead had a population of about 1, In Waterlooville gained a cinema, the Curzon.
A fire station was built in Horndean in They slept in sheds and garages and in temporary shacks. In Waterlooville was still a fairly small village but it grew very rapidly from the late s.
Large numbers of people came to live in Waterlooville from other areas. Some were from Oxford and Reading but others came from as far as the north of England. In Waterlooville had a population of 2, By it had risen to over 10, The little town was growing at a phenomenal rate.
Between and about 9, private houses were built in the Waterlooville district. Waterlooville grew faster than any other town in Britain. In the late s, a building company called Berg built an estate west of Waterlooville including many bungalows often jokingly called the iceberg Estate.
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